We awoke and had a fast breakfast before making the long trip to the rail station. We usually build in some extra time, but I took us three stops in the wrong direction on the metro before discovering my error, and we ended up cutting it pretty close. But we made it, which is what …
Today we awoke and had breakfast at the hotel before heading into the city. Instead of the subway we rode a street car through town and along the river, and then transferred to a funicular train that took us up a hillside to a sort of park. We went into a mirror maze, which was …
We woke in Regensburg in our giant room – I slept with the girls up in the loft – and then had a leisurely morning before walking back to the train station to catch the train to Prague. The train was quite crowded, probably because of the strike the day before, but we were able …
We woke, ate, and left our luggage at the hotel while we headed over to the Olympic park to swim. The entire Olympic swimming stadium was open to us, and there were maybe 25 others also swimming. We changed in the locker area and then headed out to the pools. It took some time for …
I went to bed unsure whether we would be spending the day swimming at the Olympic park or seeing the castles at Neuschwantein, but we headed to the castles. We caught a regional train in the morning, and it was about a two hour train ride south to the foot of the alps. The ride …
Breakfast was good. Again, college kids were everywhere. We headed back to Marianplatz to catch a walking tour of the city. Our guide this time was an Irish guy named Keith. He showed us the Marianplatz area, the inside of the Frauenkirche, Odeonsplatz and the palace area, and the Hofbrauhouse. There was a fair amount …
We awoke, checked out, and walked across to the station for breakfast and food for the train. We took a late morning train to Munich, with stops in Fulda and Augsburg along the way. It was another ICE train, and not too full, so we were able to sit around a table, play cards, the …
We rose this morning to a sunny day and a view from our window of Hercules. We are staying in two rooms – which is nice – but breakfast is not included. So we crossed over to the bahnhoff next door and had donuts and bread at a cafe. We then caught a streetcar straight …
Up this morning, breakfast was nice in the common area. We intended to catch the number 11 bus to the station, but it turns out it does not run on Saturday morning, so we had to walk into the station. Luckily we built enough time into the schedule for such a problem, and we made …
We arrived in Copenhagen in the morning. It was still cool out, and we were pretty worn out from three night trains in a row, so we walked to the national history museum. They had a little child’s museum which wasn’t much, and also a section devoted to prehistory, which was ok. The was also …